Tampa Bay Buccaneers Head Coaching Search: First Round of Interviews to End by Weekend per Reports
by Sander on Jan 17, 2012 1:13 PM EST
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PrintAccording to Jason La Canfora, both Joe Philbin and Tom Clements have scheduled head coaching interviews with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week. It appears that neither coach has turned down the Bucs, this time, as the Bucs continue to expand their coaching search.
Both Jason La Canfora and ESPN's Chris Mortensen report that the first round of interviews will come to an end this weekend, however, when the Bucs are expected to finalize a list of coaches they want to interview a second time. In that schedule those second-round interviews would happen next week, allowing the Bucs to sign a head right around the Senior Bowl.
The Bucs have brought in Jerry Gray, Mike Zimmer, Rob Chudzinski, Mike Sherman, Marty Schottenheimer and Brad Childress for interviews. With Joe Philbin and Tom Clements expected to come for interviews this week, the total comes to eight interviews so far. The Bucs could add even more interviews to this list before the weekend. The coaching search is certainly extensive now.
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Let's rank!
Here are my rankings right now.
1. Marty
2. Zimmer
3. Chud
4. Gray
5. Philbin
6. Sherman
7. Clements
8. Chilly
Why not?
Head coaching experience, was successful as a head coach, seems like a good guy to be the head of a team and bring in good assistant coaches.
Im not down on him
I just want to know why him. And I’ve also heard the argument that chud might be the right guy only because his success with cam could be more cam then it was his coaching. I don’t know details so I cant argue either way.
Yeah his job in cleaveland is even more impressive then what he did in Carolina
That team pretty much had very little offensive talent and still won. If you told me I had to have Derek Anderson at QB and competed against two of the best defenses in the league twice a year and for the browns to put up consistent scoring is incredible. He may have moved up my list after research.
Chud also has the additional advantage of screwing over Cam
Make him switch coordinators in his sophmore year? Yes please. That’s not enough to be an argument for giving him the job, just a nice cherry on top.
I would feel better if we hire Marty as HC and chud as OC to take over in 2-3 years
I think Chud could learn a ton from marty
Not Unless
Chud is named Assistant Headcoach. Teams can use the title to get around the lateral move as a promotion.
If they have granted permission to talk...
isn’t that already basically allowing him to leave?
by Cracker Ball on Jan 18, 2012 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
They can only stop a promotion with a promotion.
In which if the Bucs tried making him an OC and slapping the “assistant HC” on him, all the Panthers would have to do is the same and it’s blocked. I seriously doubt the guy packs up his family and moves to do the same thing elsewhere.
"I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that." - Jerry Rice
I don't think they even need to that, honestly
As far as I know the only time they’re forced to let someone out of their contract is if they’re offered a head coaching position.
Solid.
If thats the case he deserves to be right where you put him. We need great assist coaches not just a good HC
My rankings exactly.
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by Bucs-RaysChick on Jan 17, 2012 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
I agree with your list Sander.
The top three are the only coaches that I am interested in bringing in here. The rest can go golfing or something.
East Coast Fan
ok im in
1. zimmer
2. Chud
3. Marty
4. no one else needs to apply!!!
My top 2 candidates are Marty & Zimmer
The more I think about Zimmer, the more I’m intrigued. I believe he possesses the necessary intangibles that make successful coordinators, successful coaches.
Only problem is
The bucs have had a young head coaches for the past decade (remember Gruden was young when he first came here) I dont see them going young anymore. This puts Marty and Sherman as the front runners. But for my money give me Zimmer(who we wont get cuz he is going to miami) or Chud.
Sander, I know it would be taking a shot in the dark
but based on the candidates and your knowledge of the org. which way do you think they go?
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Serious answer
I think it will be Sherman. I think they’re going to go for a retread, and I think they take Sherman over Marty because they want more offense than Martyball.
So tough to say
I would think Marty Schottenheimer or Mike Sherman, honestly. It feels like they want to get away from what they did with Raheem Morris and then that’s who you end up with. But I also think the fact that they’re still interviewing new candidates means they haven’t been blown away by any of the interviews so far and if someone comes in and interviews really well, he could be the guy.
They always said they were going to do a lot of interviews
Even if they think they have their guy it wouldn’t surprise me to see them still interviewing.
They said they'd do a comprehensive search
But they also said that they’d take as long as it took to find the “right guy”. The fact that they’re still working tells me they don’t think they’ve found that right guy yet.
Not sure the ideal candidate is out there
Not that I know the in’s and outs of how the coordinators being interviewed will run a team as a HC, but the ideal candidate probably has experience in disciplining teams, running an offense but also young, energetic and able to relate to players. Obviously, if the candidate was out there, he would have the job by now. The things they loved about Morris were the latter, now they need to combine that with the former.
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Ideal candidate
I cant remember exactly were i heard this but the bucs are waiting for a candidate that was still on a playoff team, waiting till that candidates team is out. if that is true i think the obvious choice is perry fewell i think he would work very well here in tampa.
At least we didn't just get around to firing out coach. Making the decision
quickly was obviously a no-brainer, but saved us from scraps.
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Bet they're interviewing Philbin and Clement as potential OCs
HC will obviously pick his staff, but the Glazers/Dominik want to be able to have some input
If they do that, Packers can block that move
Kind of pointless. Especially for Philbin, for whom this would be a lateral move.
I thought Philbin was GBs QB coach - my bad.
That said, I’m not sure why they’d interview young guys with no HC/Coordinator experience – been there done that, got burned. I think there is little chance they choose someone without at least extensive Coordinator experience.
I must be having a bad day...
…I thought I read they were teeing up Tom Clements for an interview…he’s a QB coach somewhere.
OC for the Bills- 2004, 2005 seasons
…and a lawyer to boot
Here's mine
Chud
Zimmer
Keep Looking.
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lol no
No retreads or old men.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
That about the baby from the "E-Trade" commercials?
He seems resourceful.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
What's marv levy up to these days, we need a real veteran leader!
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
That doesnt prove your point
Marv Levy stopped coaching in 1997 comparing that to 2004. You make no sense
Schottenheimer got fired after the 2006 season
going 14-2. Yeah… he sucks.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 4:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Colts
Just fired Caldwell. That makes our list of coaches even smaller and also means they need to find someone before mr. right gets away.
they'll probably get Tressell
there's a gleam, men, there's a gleam
by bucfanlostiniowa on Jan 17, 2012 5:28 PM EST up reply actions
just read Tressell was connected to Polian and Cadwell so probably not
there's a gleam, men, there's a gleam
by bucfanlostiniowa on Jan 17, 2012 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
If you keep looking long enough...
the decision may be made for you. Can’t string these guys along too much longer before they take another job elsewhere.
no ones going to hire marty or sherman don't worry.
When you scrap that barrel like the glazers do, you don’t have to worry about things like that
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
Retreads
I can’t wait til the Glazers hire Marty or Sherman and end up making the playoffs next year just to say “told you so” to put up ur dukes. Something tells me if the bucs make the playoffs you’ll find a way to say “had nothing to do with the head coaches”. Kind of like your argument about how defense matters little and high powered offenses are the only way to win Superbowl in what you call the new NFL!!
by gmaz1 on Jan 17, 2012 5:19 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No, if we make it to the playoffs it's 100 percent on the coaches
I don’t care about the playoffs, only winning in the playoffs.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
There is no one recipe for success...
as the varied teams that remain alive can attest. You go with what ya got.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:22 PM EST up reply actions
His defense has always been solid
I’d be ok with zimmer
by Carlitin1988 on Jan 17, 2012 6:24 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I prefer it, but considering the options he is one of the best available.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 8:04 PM EST up reply actions
Although I dont alway agree with puupyourdukes
I have to gurgle, LOL agree with him on his top two coaches. I believe either Chud or Zim would do great here and hopefully they can get this team where it needs to be. I prefer Chudzinski though… GO the U!!!!!
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Gray
was obviously the Rooney Rule interview. You have to wonder just how ‘constructive’ that rule is. Seems insulting to be called in with the notion that you are probably just being arbitrarily interviewed because your a minority.
Rooney
to this day contends that the Tomlin hiring had nothing to do with the Rooney Rule.
Mike Tomlin was the Rooney Rule candidate in that interviewing process
They interviewed no other minority coaches. He wowed them in an interview, and that’s why he got the job. Would they have brought him in had he not been a minority coach? Maybe. Impossible to say. But he was a Rooney Rule candidate and he got the job despite being seen as a massive underdog to Russ Grimm.
That's not true
The Rooney Rule interview in that process was Ron Rivera. Tomlin was brought in after the Rooney Rule had already been satisfied.
Huh, really?
Kewl, never knew that. Well, that’d make me misinformed.
In any case, I’ve only heard positives about the Rooney Rule from coaches who have actually been seen as Rooney Rule candidates. I don’t get why you’d be upset about it being insulting when none of them apparently experience as such.
I don’t get why anyone’s upset by that rule at all, anyway. All it says is that one minority coach has to be interviewed. Where’s the harm in that?
by Sander on Jan 17, 2012 4:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Well I'm not debating the effectiveness in which that rule has
broken the mold of ‘we can’t hire african american coaches’, I’m just a bit skeptical of it’s practicality nowadays since that mold no longer exists. There’s no harm in it, but I wouldn’t want to interview for a position if I knew that the only reason I was receiving that interview was because I was white.
You would right if
If they interviewed me (a black guy with absolutely no experience in the position) then went out and got the coach they want. Then thats the rule not working lol.
You can't make people hire somebody...
if they don’t really want to. Rule seems silly. Billionaires do what they want, when they want to. It’s a perk of being one (I suspect).
That thinking is all but past nowadays – plenty of evidence to show this too.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
The rule isn't there to make them hire somebody, it's there to force them to examine minority coaches
by Sander on Jan 17, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Again... if a candidate is worth examining to them
he will be. Don’t need some unenforcable rule to make it happen. Still makes no sense – even in theory.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
I don't think you can unequivocally state it does nothing, as you seem to say
But even if it does nothing, what’s the downside to the rule? A few hours of wasted time?
Any wasted time... is still wasted time.
It is just one of those “politically correct” things that slows down the works. Archaic and unecessary as the best man will get the job no matter his lineage.
That is a subjective decision left to the guy with all the money. The owner.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:15 PM EST up reply actions
Even if they know they will not get the job, it can still be productive
Minority HC candidates interviewed only because of the Rooney rule with no chance of getting the job would still gain the experience of interviewing for a HC job. There is a lot you can learn in interviews even if you do not get the job. The experience itself can be productive.
Rivera has his job...
because he built a very good DEF in SD and deserves a shot. I can promise it’s not because he is Hispanic.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
Not only coaches but GMs
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/09000d5d81df5514/Impact-of-Rooney-rule-on-minority-coaching
Explains it all. If you need names right away: Mike Tomlin and Lovie Smith
The explosion of african american head coaches since 2003 proves that it works and apparently was needed.
You had a sport where african americans were the majority of players for decades and nothing but old white dudes running the show.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
True
that certainly makes sense, but with or without the Rule eventually the NFL was going to realize that African Americans could and would make great head coaches. You could definitely argue that the Rooney Rule was the impetus which sped up that realization.
Of course.
In a sport dominated by a certain type of ownership you need those type of rules, and rooney realized that.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 4:16 PM EST up reply actions
That's definitely not debatable
I’m just a bit skeptic on how effective the Rooney Rule is nowadays, now that ignorant ‘we only want old white men’ mold has obviously been broken.
How can you definitively say these 2 men got the job because of the Rooney
Rule? I’m not picking on you or anything, I just think it’s easy to point to the fact that both men are black and since they got hired then it was the Rooney Rule at play. Both men were very qualified and have been successful coaches. I could easily make the argument that the hire had nothing to do with their race and everything to do with their skill set (which I’m guessing is the truth).
... and what of Rah?
DEN brought him in… but that was it. Wish THEY would have hired him.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
Rah was too young. He's still a very bright coach, the bucs don't have time to watch him learn how to coach in the NFL.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
Yes
Tired of people pretending as if this guy was horrid. He was too young an experienced for the job. I would have loved him to be defensive coordinator and we went and got an offensive head coach and coordinator.
Eh, it's too late that's the problem with taking a promotion that big and failing
You can’t take a demotion in the same organization.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
I meant after we fired Gruden. Which as of today I dont understand why we fired Gruden but whatever
He didn't want to commit to rebuilding from scratch.
Every player he brought in was a failure.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
This is true
But wouldnt stripping him of GM responsibilities done it. I could imagine our offense if Gruden was still the coach. And he would not have stood for this team quitting like that
the west coast offence is a failure anyways.
plus what makes you think he would accept a demotion?
These guys all have huge egos.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed
Dom brought in Hayneswurf, fireable offence in my book.
by BUCSwillDOMINATE on Jan 17, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
For almost nothing and he did a decent job at the end of the year.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
Haynesworth was dirt cheap
and he came in when our starting DTs were injured. There really was no negative to that move.
The Quincey Black contract extension? Now that is a completely different story.
GMC is the 8th highest paid player in NFL?
What about Faine, overpaid and not that good.
Same goes for Trueblood.
by BUCSwillDOMINATE on Jan 17, 2012 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
Any chance any of these guys are cut?
I for one hope Black gets the boot.
Agreed
Just like a Band-AId, tear off all the crap at once, less painful that way.
Talib must go too, such an idiot.
Million $ talent, 10 cent head.
by BUCSwillDOMINATE on Jan 17, 2012 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
That's a Bruce Allen draft pick for you.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
GMC's the 8th highest paid player in the NFL because he was drafted third overall, and they moved a lot of that money into this year for cap purposes
It’s not really a relevant statement.
No, but it puts into perspective that he is not earning his paycheck
Dom did draft this guy…
Trade up for Suh or trade back.
by BUCSwillDOMINATE on Jan 17, 2012 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
True, and he does deserve another go.
If he goes down the the Bicepitus again, then he should be gone.
by BUCSwillDOMINATE on Jan 17, 2012 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
you can't be this ignorant can you?
Suh was not available at a reasonable price, and McCoy was and is a very good player.
You can’t project injury issues.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
Suh was not avaialble at all...
I believe DET had already selected him (much to my disappointment then).
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
he means
We could have traded up but the price was way too heavy.
by gusjackson on Jan 18, 2012 10:57 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Probably would have been worth it.
"I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that." - Jerry Rice
No, I am just bitter that McCoy isn't Warren Sapp
I was spoiled with the Dungy HOF D.
Man, I wish we could get back to that.
by BUCSwillDOMINATE on Jan 17, 2012 5:11 PM EST up reply actions
no one will have that kind of D again.
The rules have changed too much to bother with it.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
And that's why he likes us
"I'm a little dysfunctional
You're the problem, Please don't awakin me
And I'm that way cause back in the day
Most have forsaken me"
If SF plays BAL in the Superbowl...
what will be your excuse then?
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:16 PM EST up reply actions
SF and BAL play clean, disciplined football-
They’re not like, say, James Harrison
"I'm a little dysfunctional
You're the problem, Please don't awakin me
And I'm that way cause back in the day
Most have forsaken me"
SF had to drop 30+ points to win at home with that great D
Baltimore, who knows.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
A lot of which was set up by NO turnovers...
meaning the SF defense did its job, even against the prolific attack of NO.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
most of their points were scored by throwing down the field and in the 4th quarter with no turn overs to help
They had to fight a shoot out with a shoot out in the end.
Alex Smith and vernan davis proved they could keep up with new orleans is all.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
You can't put the Win
on just the defense, or just the offense. If the Defense doesn’t force NO into several turnovers (including a fumble at the 1), then the 49ers lose. If the offense doesn’t drive the length of the field and score at the last second, then the 49ers lose. It takes competency on both sides of the ball to win consistently.
JB, we are wasting our time here...
this has gone on all day for the past 3 days. He refuses to see any other possibilities.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
Balance always beats teams that rely on just O and just D.
Sorry.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
It's essentially a Sum game
your offense contributes so much, your defense contributes so much, your special teams contributes so much, etc etc
Whatever team gets the largest contributions, wins. Those contributions can come in any sort of balance, but there is no 1 specific formula for winning in the NFL. 3 of the 4 teams left in the post season have great defenses.
You talk in circles...
trying to make your point, but you first say things like “defense doesn’t matter anymore” and now try to sound rational with your brand new “balanced teams are best” theory.
Make up your damn mind… jeez.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:36 PM EST up reply actions
it certainly seems that way
If there was a sure fire method for success, I’m sure the guys that have spent their entire lives studying and analyzing football would have figured it out by now.
I'm not trying to call you out,
But it seems like A LOT of your posts start out with something like “you can’t be that ignorant” or “you obviously know nothing about football.” Cant you disagree with someone without being rude? I definately dont agree with a lot of your opinions but I dont call you ignorant just for having them. One of the reasons I like this site is because of differing opinions so I’m glad you post a lot, I just dont really like how you do it sometimes. I could be off base because I’m new here but I just wanted to put that out there.
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Haynesworth was lazy and took plays off
With a young team, Dont you think that has an effect.. The losing streak started when he arived? The taking plays off by players. The lack of gap control. HE was horrible for this young team
lol wut? The losing streak started well before he arrived
and he arrived because every DT on the team was broken.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
Rumors of Gruden not wanting to work with Dominik
Or at least of the Glazers being afraid that that dynamic wouldn’t work.
Gruden was gone...
and the Dom dynamic still didn’t work. Oops – fired the wrong guy.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:11 PM EST up reply actions
West Coast offence is a failed strategy.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
It has simply morphed into what we have now...
as the amazing GB attack is based on timing. Disrupt it (as the NYG did) and it can be defeated.
Defense is still as relevant as it has ever been – the NFL is just cyclical and the offenses may just have the upper hand for now.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
There are multiple ways to win in the NFL
There isn’t just one winning formula. If there was, everyone would be emulating it.
Thank you... my point exactly.
Some do it with offense – others with defense. As it has always been.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
no one does it with defense anymore
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 5:22 PM EST up reply actions
huh?
Saints and Packers both had the better offenses …. and lost.
Giants were more of a balanced team
and eli was the better Qb down the stretch.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
Eli had infinitely more time
than Rodgers had. The same can be said for Alex smith in comparison to Brees.
I live in NY, and you can’t find one Giants fan who doesn’t attribute this run to BOTH Eli and a vastly improved defense, especially the defensive line.
GIVE ME D
I Love good Defense, and in the NFC South, you need a Defense.
I hope we keeping drafting Defensive Talent and sprinkle in some FA Talent.
by BUCSwillDOMINATE on Jan 17, 2012 5:22 PM EST up reply actions
I'd rather build around a potential franchise QB and have a defense good enough to get him the ball back.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
Agree
Raheem was set up to fail by the organization (specifically the Glaziers) but he also set himself up for that when he willingly lead the charge to fire Gruden, so my sympathy is lost on him. If your going to make the claims that you can handle the job and be successful, and then you don’t, well then your obviously going to get canned, and that pretty much applies in any field of life.
He lost control.
Even if his defense was horrid, he probably could have escaped by hiring a DC. He just completely lost all authority and influence on the team. The “Youngry” wore off
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It's a hell of a pickup for the Skins.
He’s not a bad coach, but as said earlier in this thread, it wasn’t the right time and he was fully equipped for the position as a Head Coach. Completely different ball game.
Formerly UNFNole
he was simply promoted too quickly
and was incapable of achieving success with fairly weak roster. I actually thought it was a great hire for the Skins. Eventually I see him getting a HC gig again and succeeding.
That is the "I'm your coach AND you pal" wearing off...
shelf life – 2.5 years.
by Cracker Ball on Jan 17, 2012 5:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Its a pointless rule
Making it seem that minorities aren’t capable of getting jobs without this rule
by Carlitin1988 on Jan 17, 2012 6:23 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Before 2003 that certainly was the case for many of them.
I’ll go with what the owners saw, as they agreed to force it on the known racist owners.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 8:05 PM EST up reply actions
Couple of draft nuggets
Kirkpatrick got busted last night for pot. He’ll slide.
Also, one of the ESPN folks analyzed QB performance and progression over the first several seasons. They found that QB’s who were good in year 1 and who generally regressed in year 2 were often good again in yr 3. And QBs who are not great in year 1 and are good in year 2 then generally regress in year 3. They found (gulp) that after year 3, QB’s are statistically about as good as they are going to get. One of his points was that the Buc fans should be a bit frightened about Freeman.
They also found that the really great quarterbacks were better in yr 1 than yr 2, better in year 3 than year 2, and then they began to plateau.
This is all statistics, so any 1 person can turn out different, but ….
I don't think pot is a cause for players to slide anymore.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 8:05 PM EST up reply actions
Exaxtly not like he failed a test and
Can say i took a Toke at a party.Dude got caught with a sack..
yeah, it's a stupidity test.
Teams don’t care if you use steroids or drugs, just as long as you are smart enough to not get caught.
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 17, 2012 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
Whatever it is called
it still causes players to slide. Whether the teams actually care about pot or just getting caught, phrases like “undisciplined” and “character issues” will be attributed to him. Right or wrong, he will slide down draft boards, the reason is really unimportant.
I agree.
Claiborne/kirk p double dip ftw.
by Carlitin1988 on Jan 18, 2012 10:11 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
No, but you can clearly see it more than us
"I'm a little dysfunctional
You're the problem, Please don't awakin me
And I'm that way cause back in the day
Most have forsaken me"
yes
When you get arrested it does. If he failed a drug test I would agree example warren sapp. But when you get arrest to some scouts that just says he isn’t that smart and brings the questuin will he get arrested again.
by gusjackson on Jan 18, 2012 11:02 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Good, we should draft Kirkpatrick, he and Talib can have a Big BONG in their lockers and toke away prior to every game.
Seriously, that is a good thing. He may have slid out of the first round now and can get him for cheap….
East Coast Fan
You mean T-jack right?
Talib will just shoot at one of em
Pot isn't that much of a draft concern anymore, B.J. Raji didn't fall out of the first in 2009 because of getting caught doing pot
"I'm a little dysfunctional
You're the problem, Please don't awakin me
And I'm that way cause back in the day
Most have forsaken me"
the dream team of Sherman Chilldress and Nolan, that somebody was projecting just took a hit,
Nolan was hired by the Falcons
there's a gleam, men, there's a gleam
by bucfanlostiniowa on Jan 17, 2012 8:53 PM EST reply actions
The longer they take to hire a coach
the good assistants will become less available. The Glazers cleaned out the whole staff, finding and a good OC, DC, and position coaches will be hard to put together, I’m hoping they make a decision soon.
I agree...
I was hoping that the HC would have been named last weekend! If they wait too long, we will definitlely be scraping the bottom of the barrel…
who has been taken off the market worth a damn?
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by putupyourDUKES on Jan 18, 2012 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
We
Gotta Make A Decision Soon Because Pretty Soon The Head Coaching Prospects Or Gonna Be Gone In Then The Coordinators Are Too ……………. Too Many Job Openings Rite Now
by RIP SEAN TAYLOR 21 on Jan 17, 2012 11:25 PM EST reply actions
No rush
It took this long to Dungy hired january 22nd. I want the right guy. Not the right now guy. As long as they get a coach by the end of the month im all for it.
by gusjackson on Jan 18, 2012 11:05 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
and if i remember correctly
We were not a very popular job when dungy came here.
by gusjackson on Jan 18, 2012 11:07 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Some things never change.
"I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that." - Jerry Rice
im hoping
To have a coach by tuesday afternoon. My guess will be zimm.
by jdrama914 on Jan 18, 2012 11:13 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I'm confused
We seriously need to get it together because Spags is gone to the Saints and we don’t have nuthin…. Let’s get somebody hired and let’s get it rolling before we waste this whole process n end up with the same results as last year
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